How long were you in pain after you had it? Did it fix the issue?

I think rezburna can verify this, but I am fairly sure that ESI's are not that uncommon in athletes. I do know that they require obtaining from vigorous activities for a short period (a day or two at least) following the procedure ... and for some of the worried few out there, the last I heard was they do not lead to being traded.

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly misinformation spreads across the internet. So much of it is based upon blogs containing "what if" scenarios due to the lack of real news. They are immediately interpreted by a lazy portion of readers as based in fact who immediately share with like thinking friends or, even worse, embellish it more with their own interpretation. Remember the game in class where one person whispered a designated message in the second person's ear and it is passed throughout the room the same way? Remember that result?

Agreed, they aren’t uncommon in many different industries. And no, the procedure isn’t related to being traded, but injuries behind them are extremely common to being traded. There wouldn’t be a procedure if there wasn’t a reason for that procedure.

That’s what this forum is, a place to discuss football topics related to the New Orleans Saints. It’s not some peer reviewed digital journal on ProQuest, Ebsco, MedLine or LexisNexis. It’s just fans chatting, nothing more, nothing less. And icymi, this every posting here is that “game in class” you referred to. Even the link-backs are nothing more than op-Ed fodder. These postings, mine and yours aren’t capstone projects.

Great Goobly Moobly.

I think rezburna can verify this, but I am fairly sure that ESI's are not that uncommon in athletes. I do know that they require obtaining from vigorous activities for a short period (a day or two at least) following the procedure ... and for some of the worried few out there, the last I heard was they do not lead to being traded.

I want a piece of the action from anyone wanting to make that wager. All of my proposed wagers to date have been ignored thus far this season.

I stayed in near debilitating pain for another 2 weeks after the shot. I couldn’t really walk for 2 weeks prior to the shot, so I was down for over a month total. I’ve had a sort of numb feeling in big toe eversince. I couldn’t sleep. Went from 190 lbs to 170 lbs because I lost my appetite. It didn’t go away until my sister in law gave me roxicodone. I refuse to take medicine, but I was desperate. I finally started being able to sleep and the pain went from debilitating to just my normal back pain I’ve been dealing with since I was 18. That’s when I realized it can be extremely easy to get addicted to pills if you’re always in pain.

I’m rambling. But I work in x-ray so I’ve run the c-arm in thousands of those procedures. Results are a mixed bag. Some people get relief for months, some don’t really get any at all.

ESI’s, RFA’s, SI Joint injections, TFI’s, all common. It’s easy as **** to tweak the back.

AG, Gotcha. I understand your point now. For some reason I read your post in a manner that felt almost in a condescending manner, that only a few are allowed to have “true” or “dogmatic” opinions. Thanks for expounding on your post so I could understand it in context.

As far as chronic or acute injuries, I don’t differentiate between the two. Kamara didn’t wake up that morning and say: “hmmm, let’s see what sticking a needle inside my spine will feel like”. Outside of that, ie.. the nature or severity, I have zero clue. I just know if he did have a procedure it wasn’t because he was bored with life.

You, everyone, have my apology for posting in frustration. It’s why I prefer to read and not post. If a thought crosses my neural network, it generally pops out in an audible manner almost immediately. Too many years in combat boots.